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| Elf-root by Soledad | 31 Review(s) |
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| Redheredh | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 11/29/2008 |
| This comment is unjustly delayed, but finally made. I really like Bilbo, however tend to read only stories of elves. I took notice of this story precisely because it was your first foray into the Shire and about my favorite hobbit. I am so glad I read it. Very entertaining and humourous, without losing realism. There was a slightly Dickensian air about it. :) At least, I thought so. Which made it quite a enjoyable tale. Please, won't you try your hand at Bilbo's history again sometime? Author Reply: There's nothing wrong with delayed comments, as long as they still arrive somewhen. ;) I love Bilbo a great deal, too, and I'm glad you liked the story. I'll try my hand on him again, when inspiration hits. I'm known to write across all Ages, all genres and all Middle-earth species, after all. *g* Oh, and being compared with Dickens? Is a great compliment. I've hunted the city for years to find Nicholas Nickleby in English original. | |
| nancylea57 | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 11/2/2008 |
| as a first foray into hobbits and hobbitton soceity, i can only say please stay and play a long long time because you add to the sunshine and laughter in the neighborhood. Author Reply: Thank you! :) Admittedly, writing such light-hearted stuff isn't exactly my forte, but it was great fun, and if the muse cooperates, perhaps I'll return to the Shire again. | |
| nancylea57 | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 11/2/2008 |
| once again them s-baggins and two feelings: GO Bifur!!!!!! love your isengard wonderful take on a returned hobbit, leaves us room to find our frodo later. just one barely worth mentioning problem and i had to check myself. Master Gorbadoc didn’t want him to become a child bride. gorbadoc won't want HER to be a child bride. i had to check because i could remember if gorb was his or her relative, it could have needed to be gorb didn't want him to take a child bride. but only barely worth mentioning because the story is fantastic fun. Author Reply: Thanks for pointing out the typo. It's fixed now. Gla dyou like the story. ;) | |
| nancylea57 | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 11/2/2008 |
| i didn't know that using the see all chapters was keeping me from being able to review on this site, lived and learned cause i have to comment here: the very idea of biblo letting the sackville- baggins examine his "private" area leave two conflicting thoughts, hahhahhahhah, and don't let them get too close!!!!!!! Funny but i always cheered the thought of flo from alice having a tattoo of grits is the same region,,,,"kiss my grits" indeed. Author Reply: Bilbo has definitely learned a great deal during his adventure; among other things how to deal with dragons, lol! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 11/2/2008 |
| I so love the inclusion of Isengar Took in all this, and that he was the original Mad Hobbit! How typical! As for the trefoil birthmark being the sign of the offspring of the Old Took--that's so marvelous, as is the hint of where it is to be found on Bilbo. What a perfect means of embarrassing Lobelia and Camellia in front of the whole Shire! Perfect! Thanks so for the laughs so far. Need now to finish the last two chapters so I can comment on them, too. Author Reply: Thanks. :)) I was looking up Hobbit biographies on "The Thain's Book" website, and that's how I came across Isengar. Now he's firmly nested in the corner of my room and won't go away, I fear. And Lobelia will have an even worse embarrassment in the next chapter, don't worry. That will be a day she'll never forget. *evil cackle* | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 11/2/2008 |
| I love the title! Yes, kin-strive among Hobbits does take quite a different form than that among Men or Elves! And it's capable of being quite funny, as well as grounds for humor! Oh, but I love this. Doro has his work cut out for him, after all. And his father and the Old Farm sound wonderful! I don't remember hints of the place, so will have to look again for it in UT. By the way, what is the herb you indicate the Elf-root is like? I'm rather racking my brain trying to figure out what it is in English, and my German dictionary, which is the only one I have for eastern Europe, isn't complete enough to give me any idea. Author Reply: Elf-root is not a herb - it's a vegetable. And a dictionary won't help you, because I've made up the name. ;) The Old Farm is mentioned in the Scouring of the Shire, actually. We don't learn anything else about it than it was turned into a workshop of some sort. | |
| Celeritas | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 11/1/2008 |
| I've been following this fic on and off for while it's been up, so I thought I'd leave a brief fic-wide review on the last chapter. Your portrayal of Shire hobbits in general was just different enough to make it entertaining. The grasp on the genealogical obsession was just perfect, plus blond!Drogo and the incorporation of the strange idea that somehow white asparagus is more posh than green, and Isengar Took and his dwarvish insight were all excellent. In short, lots of little things throughout the tale piqued me enough to get thoroughly delighted. And no need to worry about multichapter fics being spawned from innocent discussions about foodstuffs. I believe it, or something like it, is something every author has faced at some point. Author Reply: I'm very glad that you liked the story, and thanks for the feedback. I must admit I was a little nervous, as I've never written a Hobbit story before - partly because the whole family tree thing is so confusing - but I'm happy that people find it adequate. Perhaps one day I'll have a reunion with Isengar Took... I'vee grown quite fond of him. If I only hadn't so many unfinished WIPs! | |
| Kitt Otter | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 11/1/2008 |
| Fun ending! I feel for Gandalf... oh, Hobbit names. Owe. I love this description of Balin's voice: "it was a very pleasant sound, the voice of someone who laughed a lot, despite everything fate might throw into his face." I never ate asparagus, actually. I think now I shall try to. They sound delectable, though it will be hard not to think of Lobelia's remark... *g* Thanks for such a fun story! Kitt Author Reply: Oh, the dangers of being exposed to the meanderings of a dirty mind! *nodnod* But you really ought to try asparagus. It's the food of the gods... or, at the very least, that of the Great Elves. It's a crying shame that the season is so short. Balin I fell in love whit at the moment he came in, hung his scarlet hood on the peg and asked Bilbo for beer - or was it ale? I never stopped loving him. I was literally crying when I learned his fate in LOTR. Which is why I decided to write "The Book of Mazarbul", even though, eight chapters into the story (although only two posted yet) he still has to make his grand entree. I'm glad you liked the story. And thanks for taking the time to review. The muse sends you happy thoughts. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 11/1/2008 |
| Aw...that was a cute Epilogue! I loved Holman's gossip with Gandalf and Balin, and the way he went on and on with Bilbo's family tree and the news of Drogo's impending marriage. And a nice bit of foreshadowing about the Ring... This was a delightful tale, Soledad, and I do hope that you get another hobbit-bunny sometime, because you write them very well! Author Reply: Thanks! :)) It seemed somehow right to close the story with Holman and with Balin's visit, which, after all, is a canon event. I'm glad you liked my first foray into the Shire. From a devoted Hobbit writer like you, it comes close to knighting. *g* And thanks for taking the time to review, it means so much to me to know that people enjoy my work. As for more Hobbit stories, look out for "Errantries", somewhen in the next Age or so, featuring all those errant Tooks. | |
| Kitt Otter | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 10/31/2008 |
| Loved this chapter – full of surprises and some of my favorite Dwarves, not to mention Isengar. His life would be very interesting to read about, as would Hildifons’. Bifur a female??? Wonderful; I think I shall always recall that when I read the Hobbit. All the descriptions of those dishes had my mouth watering. I agree with Bilbo on that one cannot have too many mushrooms. *sigh* Tonight I’m just going to have to settle for candybars. So, that is the Elf-root! Why… what a dirty mind Lobelia has! She needed that smacking of Bifur’s. (Ha!) I love that Isengar lived with the Falathrim, since I am quite fond of him and Círdan. Lovely foreshadowing of Bilbo's eventual journey to the sea. -Kitt :) Author Reply: Well, I don't think that Bifur was canonically a female, but I liked the idea that s/he'd managed to fool everyone, including Bilbo. *g* As I said, I might one day write the stories of all those errant Tooks - I've just discovered a rejected one in Rateliff's "The History of The Hobbit" who also has promises. Just don't ask for a deadline... I'm looking forward to some exhausting RL issues right now. Yep, that's the Elf-root. As said, the whole story grew out of a LJ discussion about asparagus. I just never thought it would take me six chapters to actually introduce the poor vegetable. ;)) Thanks for the feedback, it's much appreciated. | |